A union proposal seeking to blunt China’s growing dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors is finding bipartisan support among U.S. Congressional lawmakers, based on remarks made at a recent U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing.

The Congressional hearing, as well as the unions’ petition before the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), reflect a growing concern among lawmakers and the private sector that China’s exponential growth in shipbuilding and in producing ship-to-shore cranes and shipping containers ultimately threatens U.S. national security.

Unions had petitioned USTR in March, arguing that the Chinese government “has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars” toward bolstering its shipbuilding industry so that now China dominates the world’s production of commercial vessels while the U.S.’s share is only 1%. The unions are pressing the USTR to take action against China’s practices under Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974 by enforcing measures such as assessing a port fee on Chinese-built ships that dock at a U.S. port and creating a shipbuilding revitalization fund.

Congressional lawmakers affirmed the unions’ request at the June 26 hearing held by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and entitled “From High Tech to Heavy Steel: Combatting the PRC’s Strategy to Dominate Semiconductors, Shipbuilding and Drones.”

Boeing opens new tab is resuming widebody jet deliveries to China which were halted in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Orders of widebody 777 and 787 planes are expected to be delivered in the coming days, the source said. Deliveries of Boeing's 737 MAX are set to resume as early as next month, the source said.

The development is a boost to Boeing, which had flagged the delay to investors after Reuters first reported in May that the company's plane deliveries to China had been temporarily halted. The halt was due to a review by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) of batteries contained in the 25-hour cockpit voice recorder.

President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru will pay a state visit to China from June 25 to 29 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Monday.

"This is President Boluarte's first state visit to China, and President Xi will hold talks with President Boluarte," Mao Ning, another spokesperson of the ministry, told a press briefing on the same day.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, will meet with Boluarte respectively, Mao said.

Noting that Peru is an important country in Latin America, Mao said China has established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Peru.

Since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago, bilateral relations have made steady progress and fruitful results of cooperation have been achieved in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples, Mao said.

Through this visit, China hopes to solidify political mutual trust with Peru, enhance mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deliver more outcomes of China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership to benefit the two peoples more, Mao added

A record was set on the international rail freight transportation routes of China-Europe in May this year in terms of monthly volume of freight transported, according to the data of China Railways Corporation.

Last month, the number of freight trains traveling along these routes increased by 14% year-on-year to 1,724. At the same time, they transported a total of 186,000 TEU /20-foot container equivalent/, which was 13 percent more than a year earlier, which is a monthly record of freight rail routes China-Europe, said the "China Railways".

Since the beginning of this year, China Railways has been accelerating the construction of a modern railway logistics system, carefully organizing freight transportation, and constantly improving the transportation capacity of the railway system and the quality of its services.

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas achieved a significant milestone by handling 1,077,747 TEUs in one month.

This achievement, achieved without any congestion, strengthens Tanjung Pelepas Port's position as Malaysia's busiest and largest transshipment hub.

In 2022, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas made history as the first container terminal in Malaysia to cross the 1 million TEUs in a month, setting a record of 1,001,819 TEUs at that time.

“This achievement is the result of outstanding dedication and commitment from everyone to set up the right and sustainable business conditions, especially in applying advanced technological strategies in our day-to-day operations and focusing on delivering integrated customer services to our stakeholders.”